Sentences with phrase «make local governance»

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EVEL's singular focus on the constitutional anomaly related to the current imbalanced representation of England's national voice within the UK means it overlooks the way that English national, regional, and local policy - making and governance are interconnected.

The 2017 intake of metro mayors will form a new level of governance working with the local authorities that make up a city region — a similar model to that of London.

Business News of Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org File photo Significant progress is being made towards strengthening forest landscape governance, to protect five reserves in Ghana's main cocoa growing areas in the Western Region — Sui River, Suhuma, Tano - Ehuro, Tano - Suhien and Santomang, as the local communities begin to show ownership of the reserves.

I believe that our commitment to strengthen devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, combined with our determination to answer the West Lothian Question and introduce more local decision - making in England, will do much to improve the standard of governance and safeguard the Union for generations to come.

The Convention recognizes the importance of women in the implementation of the Convention, and identifies critical areas for their engagement: (i) awareness - raising, and participation in the design and implementation of programmes; (ii) decision - making processes that men and women adopt at the local level in the governance of development, implementation and review of regional and national action programmes (RAPs and NAPs); and (iii) capacity - building, education and public awareness, particularly at local level through the support of local organizations.

I've got to believe that it's something about the structure of the charter sector — its governance by mission - driven boards instead of local politicians; its ability to recruit and retain educators that share a vision rather than a collective bargaining agreement (and conventional preparation and certification); its sense of urgency driven by accountability to authorizers and funders — that makes the difference.

Local rural and urban communities, small enough for all members to take part in face - to - face decision - making, as the fundamental unit of governance, linked with each other at bioregional, ecoregional and cultural levels into landscape / seascape institutions that are answerable to these basic units.

It's one of the best ways Congress could restore constitutional governance in education: send dollars and decision - making back to state and local leaders who are closest to the student.

We make specific recommendations for ways state policymakers can adopt statutes that support innovative local governance models as they rework their education policies under ESSA.

Charter public schools in Idaho already have some opportunities for flexibility, through curricular choices and their performance certificates, and this option opens the door for traditional public schools to have the same opportunities to make governance decisions at a local level.

The agreement essentially reverses a top - down approach to reform, giving individual schools local power over matters such as redesigning their governance, tailoring union contracts, lengthening the school day or making curricular decisions that lift student achievement.

DeArmond, Jochim, and Lake (2014) looked at how the issue of governance affects both charters and traditional public schools in high - choice cities and found nearly eight agencies — including school districts, charter authorizers, and other state and local entities — responsible for oversight in the typical municipality, «making patchwork governance the norm, rather than the exception» (p. 15).

Ultimate decisions regarding appropriate policy or school governance interventions to address instructional and operational issues should remain with local school boards, as made in collaboration with parents and the local community.

The organization called Leadership Greater Hartford was paid $ 34,000 to train Windham's local school governance councils which is particularly ironic since Adamowski has consistently refused to include the school governance councils in key decision making, despite a Connecticut law that requires these local councils of parents, teachers and citizens to be consulted.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District supports a ESEA reauthorization bill that provides school districts the flexibility and resources needed to respond to the educational challenges in local communities, and provides greater local flexibility in the use of ESEA funding for Titles I, II and III as states and school districts are in the best position to make spending decisions to facilitate local innovation and student achievement, without placing undue burdens on districts that would adversely impact effective governance; and

In a response on the website On the Issues, Dan Malloy wrote, «The bill establishes local school governance councils that include parents and help create a sense of community that can make schooling more relevant to kids, and kids more connected to their community.

Local governance allows the school community freedom to innovate and make decisions based on the needs of their students.

Contracts between boards of education and not - for - profit educational management organizations... the local or regional board of education for a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools, as described in section 10 - 223h, that is implementing a turnaround plan that assigns the management, administration or governance of such school to a not - for - profit educational management organization, as defined in section 10 - 223h, shall include in each contract with such approved not - for - profit educational management organization a requirement that such not - for - profit educational management organization annually submit to the Commissioner of Education, and make publicly available, a report on the operations of such school...»

This analytical report looks at how the network of UNDP professionals in 166 countries makes a difference on a daily basis by working with governments, NGOs, CBOs, and local communities within six priority areas: strategies for sustainable development, water governance, sustainable energy, land management, biodiversity and chemicals.

That's why the scientists recommend «community - based interventions that promote inclusive governance practices, deliberative decision - making and face - to - face communication among local resource users.»

providing for clearer governance arrangements for land use decision - making at a local and regional level

This aim needs to be reflected in the terms of leases, which should support local Indigenous decision - making and build Indigenous capacity for self - governance.

Where a community chooses to develop a home ownership scheme, the governance arrangements for the scheme must respect local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decision - making authority.